Good-bye old kitchen

TOP PIX: junk pile - what used to be kitchen sink & cabinets
MIDDLE PIX: Stove and sink used to be here. Note soffits are also gone.
BOTTOM PIX: Family room, looking to kitchen. Plastic sheeting sealing off the doorway.

Day 1 of the Kitchen Project is behind us. It was a long day, but WOW, did they get a lot done. You can't see in these pictures, but the tile floor is gone in both the kitchen & the entryway. All the debris has been hauled away, and they even swept the kitchen-entryay floor - several times! I was/am impressed.

I prepared my first meal without a kitchen, and I'll tell you that next week's menu will be a lot simpler. For example, no more homemade salad dressing (that dirtied up the mini-processor, a whisk, measuring spoons, measuring cups, and a bowl). I'm wearing a groove in the floor running back and forth between the fridge (in the family room) and the dining room table, where meal prep takes place. We bought a brand new litter box to use as a 'dirty dish' holder. That's how we get the dirty dishes to the basement sink, and then carry the clean ones back up. (YES, of course I wash it). We chose a litter box since it was a nice size - dishpans are too small. I'm also now using a GB. Rachael Ray fans know that means 'garbage bowl'. Works pretty well, too. We don't want an open garbage can sitting around where Kiki might want to investigate. So I fill up the GB, then dump it into the can in the garage.

Today, electrical and plumbing work. I'll post more tomorrow.